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<h2>Compose: sending mail</h2>

<ul>
	<li><a href="#writing">Writing messages</a></li>
	<li><a href="#attachments">Including attachments</a></li>
	<li><a href="#sending">Sending, canceling, and saving drafts</a></li>
	<li><a href="#resuming">Resuming drafts</a></li>
	<li><a href="#headers">Headers</a></li>
	<li><a href="#autosave">Automatic saves</a></li>
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<p>The <strong>Compose</strong> screen is where you write and send messages. The <strong>Compose</strong> screen is divided into two sections:</p>
<ul>
  <li>The <em>header</em> section is at the top. You use the header section to address the mail and control the text format.</li>
  <li>The <em>message</em> section is below the header. The message section is where you enter and format the message text.</li>
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<h2><a name="writing" id="writing"></a>Writing messages</h2>

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  <li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Compose</strong> (or <strong>Reply</strong> or <strong>Forward</strong>).</li>
  <li>In the header section, enter the addressing information. By default, the headers displayed are the <strong>To</strong>, <strong>Cc</strong>, and <strong>Subject</strong> fields. For information on displaying more header fields, see <a href="#headers">Headers</a>.</li>
  <li>To enter rich-text click on <strong>Rich Text</strong> to the right of the Subject header. Click <strong>Plain Text</strong> to toggle this back to plain text.</li>
  <li>In the message section, enter your message text. If you are entering Rich Text, a <em>formatting toolbar</em> at the top of the message section allows you to apply rich-text formatting to message text. You can also insert links and graphics using the formatting toolbar.</li>
  <li>If desired, you can mark your message with a priority level. On the menu bar, point to <strong>Priority</strong>, and then select the level that you want for this message.</li>
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<h2><a name="attachments" id="attachments"></a>Including attachments</h2>
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  <li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Attach File</strong>.</li>
  <li>Enter the path and file name for the file that you want to attach, or click <strong>Browse</strong> to browse for the file and select it.</li>
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<h2><a name="sending" id="sending"></a>Sending, canceling, and saving drafts</h2>

<p><strong>To send mail</strong></p>
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  <li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Send</strong>.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>To cancel an editing session</strong></p>
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  <li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Cancel</strong>, or click any item in the left pane, such as your <strong>Inbox</strong>.</li>
  <li>Click <strong>Discard</strong> to confirm. The <strong>Compose</strong> screen closes and your <strong>Inbox</strong> appears.</li>
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<p><strong>To save a draft of a message</strong></p>
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  <li>On the menu bar, click <strong>Save Draft</strong>. A copy of the message is saved to the Drafts folder. The <strong>Compose</strong> screen closes and you are returned to the screen that was displayed before the editing session began.</li><br /><br />
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<h4>Note:</h4>
<div> If you open a previously saved draft, make more changes, and then cancel the editing session and discard changes, the entire draft is deleted, not just the most recent changes. </div>
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<h2><a name="resuming" id="resuming"></a>Resuming drafts</h2>
<p>To resume editing a draft message that you previously saved go to the <strong>Drafts</strong> folder by clicking on <strong>Drafts</strong> in the left pane. Find the message you want to resume in the list and click on its Subject to resume composing.
<h2><a name="headers" id="headers"></a>Headers</h2>
<p> The header section is where you enter addressing information. By default, the header displays the <strong>To</strong>, <strong>Cc</strong>, and <strong>Subject</strong> fields. </p>
<p><strong>To display all headers</strong></p>
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  <li>To the right of the <strong>To</strong> field, click <strong>More Headers</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>To display only the default headers</strong></p>
<ul>
  <li>To the right of the <strong>To</strong> field, click <strong>Fewer Headers</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Header fields</h3>
<p>The following header fields are available:</p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>To.</strong> Use this field to specify  email recipients:
  <ul>
  	<li> Type the full email address of the recipient. Separate multiple addresses with commas.</li>
  	<li> Type a name or nickname specified in your contact list and click. Alpine expands the name or nickname to the full address. Separate multiple addresses with commas.</li>
  	<li>Click <strong>To</strong> to display to your contact list and select an address or to select an address from the directory server.</li>
 </ul>
  </li>
  <li><strong>Attachments.</strong> Lists any files that have been attached to the message.</li>
  <li> <strong>Subject.</strong> Enter a brief phrase describing the topic of the message. </li>
  <li><strong>Cc</strong> (Carbon copy). Similar to the <strong>To</strong> field. Enter one or more addresses to receive a copy of the message. These addresses are seen by all message recipients.</li>
  <li> <strong>Bcc</strong> (Blind carbon copy). Similar to the <strong>To</strong> and <strong>Cc</strong> fields. Enter one or more addresses to receive a copy of the message. The Bcc header does not show up in the sent mail so these addresses are hidden from other recipients.</li>
  <li><strong>Fcc</strong> (File carbon copy). Specifies a folder to which a copy of your outgoing message is saved. You can control whether messages are saved with or without attachments. For more information, see <a href="settings.html#fcc">Settings</a>.</li>
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<h2><a name="autosave" id="autosave"></a>Automatic saves</h2>
<p>Alpine saves a draft every 5 minutes, overwriting the draft each time, so that only the most recent saved version is preserved. </p>
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